Indicating mechanism.



- PATENTED MAR. 26, 1907.

J. H. PORSYTHE. .INDIGATING MECHANISM. ,PP LIGATION FILED SEPT.1B, 1906.

, anucnfo'o fi'peciiicatiou of Letters Estent.

ipplicntion filed September 18, 1906. Serial IEO; 335,157.

Tn all whom 112 may amwern:

- Be it known that I, JESSE H. FORSYTHE, a

citizen of the United States, residing at' in the county of Washington Pennsylvania, have invented Washington, and State of certain new and usefili imprevements in In (heating Mechanism, of whim the feii'owing is a specification.

This invention relates to new mail. useful and it contemplates an iimprovemmg in iflg mechanisms, apparatus especially adagted for use in emmeefion with flush-- tanks for sewersnd distrlbumon arse-mice systems.

The invention especialiy reisi-es'te flush tanks having an autememc aetisn aim-"l aims to provide means cont-relied. by the fall of the Waeer in the for indicating successiveiy the mimh... given period 05: time.

The invention further to mechanism ofthe ebeve type shsfil be simple in construemen, inexpensive in menu" and feature, and pmctical the course of the foiiewing drawings, "forming s 131011, like numerals thruu heut the sevemi Vii Figure 1 is a Omltlili iongi was an indicating mechanism comet-i? cordenceywith my invent-i0 central "brm isverse section ilimliili. is a diagrammatic plan 011 the lies 2-3 3 1 2, illustmiing the arrangement mid Fen ef the interdepeiadent actuating eierm y and Fig. A is a, ,vsrticai i imi i. ssieii line 4 0f Fig. 2, sho'wisg is nectisns between the mime.

ment and the main sheik Referrin s ecifieali in she eceem' 3 drainage, the mimemis 1 s 5 form suppm'tmg bsse mi #5 justs'bly pusitioned a vest-i The meciienism is hens 3: shaped casing 3, 'pIOVMiEZG with an offse; integral me post 2 and eu ustsbiy mm sehserew 5. The casing 8 is. provided with s, depending iizte r i serves as a guide for a, p 2

7 in it onerzitive maven 11;.

fiwientii'i use, The detailed. censtructien. 'wiii apes flies which iefeienee is had so ihe semi e ope (15 operations in s pres ids 2i yes; 2, from winch the indicating m.ecm, am )3 uspe sb iy Wiih 01 id Wheeis are noimeiiy held from rats tien by 233.6 pressuse ugtfln. i) is thereof of a losi spiing i i. The name I ehzwaeters are sifmnged in similar order upon she uniiwwizeel l1 and the hens-Wheel 1'2, but in TOVGISQ order upon the hundreds: wheel 1. This s11" ange v is necessary 011. account of (lii'eerentiai Remission be tween the wise} i3 file Wheel 12, Wilfilfi by the fem-1e? am es in reverse direction is the mm: The casing 3 is provides wit: A spelling the J tizeieei which is else i by s, glass .15, held in frame 16. The indies tines ch-s 11L"likf'fiL-fl'htifiifiR213} be rem? M- Wii Hem: "i i'he g} 15.

:1 W iuwer furs "1Y3 'ii Sheff; 17, w.

I'ssnies 0n 5 v wi'JiYQiIV engage 5 provided m v-ihisii is men. med prime ievex i7,

previded on eespeetiw pinions 25 each i with ten may spaced {an the numer .wiiefls which use The 85151;. 1'? miss pmrmnged iii gays 39 my "1 2&6 being desigrileri in! engage- ,i'*i?}i 2i2? and th r beengsge n nt with a: pinien upon a shaft 233, journaled E1. the iaweiirem portion of the 1e shun carries mijmzent its 1 Ii i, designed fox segsgemep-Z n; 41.2% 1% will be readily UlIKiGl'S'SOOiIi timi; the midi-- ez'ztsz wheels are is be made in sizes prop-01? t1 th vided V;

rotation by a, nut Q shown in Fig. *li, and imparts rotation to the "'Fl 1 1- 1' 7 r1 1 t m saint u. non re a 0. mm emcn is ians nntted, through the pinio'ns 20 and 26, to the units-Wheel 'l 1 upon each'suocessive actuation or the float and lever 7, as above set forth. When the'wheei ill rotates until the charac- ,er appears, the finger 3O oi the shaft 17 s I engages the pinion 2? and rotates it lor t T:

distance of the Width of one tooth, thereby moving the Wheel 12 to display the character- 1'. it will be seen that ten actuations oi the wheel 1 l are made with one revolution of the shaft 17 andfithat one actuation of the Wheel 12 is made during a revolution of the shaft L7. in l'ike 1iojn1ier the linger 31 engages the pinion-32 and moves said pinion one-tenth of itsniovement during a single revolution of the shaft 17. When the shaft 33 completes a revolution under the actuation of the pinion 3;, as described, the linger 34. engages ti" pinion 28 for a single actuation of the wheel '13. it is believed that the denary relation in their multiplied ratio of the normals 'll, 11%, and i3 is clearly apparent from the foregoing description. Wheels ii, iii, and 1?.- display the number "999, the part? '9 in such p ition that the apparatus must orreset. This is done by manually raising the lever 7, which will ell'mrt a simultaneous movement of aii the Wheels to display three zeros thus, 000.

i i 'niiojhe invention is shown an adapted to indiceie up to the number 999, 11. will be 5 read i a ")parcnt that by incre sing the number of elements and. arranging; them so as to preserve the denary relation oi the nnmberwheels the number oi indications may be increased as desired.

While the oloments'herei'n shown and described are well adapted to serve the func tions sot 'i'orth, it 'ibvious thatvarious minor in this i action the pawl 23 engages the teeth 20, as

l l l changes may be made in the proportions,

shape, and arrangement of the several parts Without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as delined in the appended claims.

Having fully described my invention, what i claim is 1.. In a device of the type set lorth, a main shaft, a lloat-lever mounted thereon a pawlarid-ratchet ci'mnection between said lion-tlever and said main shaft, a second shaft, numl e11-wheels rotatahly mounted thereon, a third. shalt, connections between said main shalt and one of said nun1ber-wl1eols, when by each mo voment ol the former isimparted to the latter, a eonnection between said main shaft and another of said numbernvhocls whereby said last-mulled numlwr-wbeel is actuated once upon ton actnations or" said main shaft, a pinion. carried by said third sha'lt, a linger carried by said main shaft and engaging said pinion, a pinion carried by the last of said number-Wheels and a 'lingor carried. upon said third shaft and engaging" said last-named. pinion.

in a device of the type sot forth, a oasing, a main shalt, nulnberm'heels loosely mounted theremi, and arranged in series of denary mathematical progression, said numher-wheels being provided on one side tln-n'eoi with pinivns, a second shaft, a master-pinion thereon meshing with the pinion on the units nuniber-wlinel oi said denary series, a tooth on said sorond sbalt designed to engage the pinion on the tij-ns-wheel of said denary svrios, a second tooth onv said second shalt spaced away from said first-named tooth, a third shaft, a pinion on said third shaft, siiid I second tooth engaging said last-named pinion, a tooth on said third shaft engaging the pinion on the hnndreds wheel of said dennry series and means for actuating said second shaft.

in testimony whereof I allix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JESSE ii. FORSY'IHE. \Vi tnesses:

W. BAKER, S. B. Rnnsn. 

